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title: "New Contact Setting provisioned by"
slug: "contact-setting-provisioned-by"
updated: 2023-01-06T15:49:20Z
published: 2023-01-06T15:49:19Z
canonical: "docs.catchpoint.com/contact-setting-provisioned-by"
---

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# Contact Setting:  "Provisioned by"

With the new contact setting **Provisioned by**, a Catchpoint-provisioned contact can easily be converted to an identity-provider-provisioned contact.

This setting enables the following:

- Determines which other Contact settings are editable vs. read-only
- Determines what is displayed for System Access and Test Access
- Allows an admin to change whether a user is provisioned by catchpoint or the IDP

The options for the **Provisioned by** setting are as follows:

- **Provisioned By: Identity Provider**
  - Indicates this is an SSO-only contact (can log in with namespace only.)
  - Displays the URL of the Identity Provider Issuer from the SSO properties page
  - Some settings uneditable. If Contact was previously Provisioned by Catchpoint, then the following saved settings become "last access."
    - Division
    - System Access
    - Test Access automatically set to "All" (any configured restrictions removed).
    - email address
- **Provisioned By: Catchpoint**
  - Can log in with either namespace and password
  - All contact settings are editable, and contact properties configured in the portal override the identity provider assertion

**Exception:**

- Users with the **Client Admin** user role cannot have **Provisioned By** set to **Identity Provider**.

Note that changing a Contact's **Provisioned By** status changed from **Identity Provider** to **Catchpoint** will trigger an invitation-email to the Contact so that they can confirm and activate their account.